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TIL: The first successfully cloned cat was named CopyCat. They saw an opportunity and they took it.

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epWvE TIL that the Sierra Madre Wisteria is the largest blossoming plant in the world. The Wistaria Vine has over 1.5 million blossoms and weighs over 250 tons.
nYWP TIL a man’s AI watched and recreated blade runner. The recreation was taken down. Essentially: Warner DMCA’d an artificial reconstruction of a film about artificial intelligence being indistinguishable from humans, because it couldn’t distinguish between the simulation and the real thing.
7806M TIL that nattokinase, an enzyme contained in nattō, exhibits strong fibrinolytic activity and inactivates plasminogen activator inhibitor 1—a risk factor for thrombosis and atherosclerosis—when it comes into contact with human blood or blood clots.
MmOV TIL On 3 October 2010 the last payment was made of 69.9 million euro. This is considered to be the last payment by Germany on all known debts resulting from both world wars.
rRL8w TIL El Paso, Texas is closer to San Diego than it is to Houston